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noc·turn    (nktûrn) KEY  

NOUN:

Any of the three canonical divisions of the office of matins.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English nocturne, from Medieval Latin nocturna, from Latin, feminine of nocturnus, of the night ; see nocturnal

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